In a lengthy tweet on Tuesday, Vice President JD Vance defended President Donald Trump from critics on the right, including Tucker Carlson who don’t want to see the country get involved in Israel’s conflict with Iran.

“POTUS has been amazingly consistent, over 10 years, that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon,” Vance said on X. “Over the last few months, he encouraged his foreign policy team to reach a deal with the Iranians to accomplish this goal. The president has made clear that Iran cannot have uranium enrichment. And he said repeatedly that this would happen in one of two ways–the easy way or the “other” way.”

Vance noted Iran could have civilian nuclear power without enrichment but has rejected it.

Read more at Newsmax© 2025 Newsmax. All rights reserved.